"Following the release of seven shortlisted proposals in 2025 through an online gallery, the Foundation for the Development of the Lands Adjacent to the Baptism Site has announced the winner of the international design competition for the Museum of Jesus' Baptism at Bethany, Jordan. Managed by Malcolm Reading Consultants, the six-month invited competition brought together architect-led multidisciplinary teams to design a museum and landscape project responding to the sacred character"
"The winning scheme was recognised for its immersive spatial narrative and its sensitive response to both the landscape and the adjacent UNESCO site. Organised as an east-west journey, the museum guides visitors from an arid wilderness garden into the building, across a water-filled rift symbolising the Jordan River, and into a planted garden that marks the conclusion of the sequence."
An international invited competition managed by Malcolm Reading Consultants selected Níall McLaughlin Architects to design the Museum of Jesus' Baptism at Al-Maghtas, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The six-month process assembled architect-led multidisciplinary teams and included finalist interviews by an international Advisory Panel. The museum will sit on the east bank of the Jordan River within the Baptism Development Zone and aims to open in 2030 for the bimillennial of Christ's baptism. The proposal offers an immersive east–west spatial narrative that moves visitors from an arid wilderness garden, across a water-filled rift symbolising the Jordan River, into a planted garden, while responding sensitively to the landscape and pilgrimage context.
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